Over the years the budgetary resources allocated to federal institutions of education (FIE) in Brazil have become increasingly inadequate for the maintenance and development of education. Given this national scene, the FIE were encouraged by the government of Fernando Henrique Cardoso to seek alternative funding sources in other public and private companies in order to ease the financial crisis faced by them. Following the Contingency Theory precepts, organizations had to adapt to different environments seeking external fundraising mechanisms, particularly through the development agencies, and so UFPA fits this scenario. This study analyzes UFPA financing undertaken during the period from 2005 to 2010. We refer to resources from the Treasury / Ministry of Education (MEC), as well as funds from other sources acquired through external funding through the contribution of federal and other agencies or private companies. This work investigated aspects of public accounting, specifically funding for FIEs, with a focus on UFPA budget from other costing and capital (OCC), excluding staff expense. For this analysis, we adopted a qualitative approach, characterized as a descriptive research, which was carried out through analysis of official documents involving forms of financing in the UFPA. Therefore, we analyzed the financial conditionalities performed during the aforementioned period, and which involved the process of funding for educational programs, as well as, research and extension programs, and sought to understand the uses of funds resulting from this process of external financing as a means of differentiation at UFPA. From the total funding, 77% represent the External Resources, and FADESP manages quite considerable amounts of funding within the scenario of the funds raised, whose values are collaborating to fulfill UFPA mission, thereby demonstrating that they relate to and complement the resources from the Treasury / MEC thus contributing to the improvement of education. Fundraising at UFPA is very expressive, however, it is concentrated in the area of scientific research, which although has a positive impact on UFPA, contributing to graduation and extension studies, makes them dependent on such resources. Therefore, a new way of composing the university revenues will be necessary; raising funds directly from the society, diversifying the sources in order to provide economic support to the institution, thus avoiding that the university experiences gradual scrapping of its infrastructure and equipment obsolescence , impairment in its actions and, as a result its sustainability; not only financial but economic, as well, and so, not being dependent on a sole source of resources provision.
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